One doesn’t usually associate birding with Australia’s cosmopolitan 2nd largest city but you would be surprised!  After doing some research online, I decided it was worth taking a red-eye from Perth to Melbourne to allow about 6 hours to explore near MEL before the onward flight to Hobart.  Less than 15 minutes from the airport is the Woodlands Historic Park with a very impressive bird list!

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We got a taxi to drop us approximately where the red dot is and started walking with eyes and ears wide open.

It didn’t take long to spot the Sulphur-crested Cockatoos and Slender-billed Corellas!

Walking down a small lane, we spotted a tree full of Musk Lorikeets with a few Little Lorikeets and possibly Purple-crowned Lorikeets as well (hidden in the foliage).

Common Myna

Common Starling

We were really lucky to see a small flock of Red-rumped Parrots at a nearby farm!  It was pretty had to get a decent shot of them in the tall grass.

After a successful birding excursion I used my new Uber app to get back to the airport where we boarded a Red-tailed Qantas bird to Hobart, Tasmania.